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Flathead Valley Community College vs Seattle Central College

Kalispell, MT · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE MT × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Flathead Valley Community College: enrollment shrank -34.2% over 2013–2023; fitted -64 students/yr fitted, r² 0.95.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Flathead Valley Community College: net price ranged $7,965–$10,178 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +3.0% is not a trend (r² 0.13).
  • Seattle Central College: net price ranged $3,745–$6,612 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.9% is not a trend (r² 0.33).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Flathead Valley Community College vs Seattle Central College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,745 vs $11,659 at Flathead Valley Community College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Seattle Central College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($39,072 vs $32,850 at Flathead Valley Community College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Flathead Valley Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($10,500 vs $12,000 at Seattle Central College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Flathead Valley Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,745 versus $11,659 at Flathead Valley Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Flathead Valley Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $39,072 versus $32,850 at Flathead Valley Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Flathead Valley Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Flathead Valley Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $10,500 versus $12,000 at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025